TUTORIAL 4 1.

Visualize and draw the following series-parallel combinations: (a) R1 in series with the parallel combination of R2 and R3. (b) R1 in parallel with the series combination of R2 and R3. (c) R1 in parallel with a branch containing R2 in series with a parallel combination of four other resistors. Visualize and draw the following series-parallel circuits: (a) A parallel combination of three branches, each containing two series resistors. (b) A series combination of three parallel circuits, each containing two resistors. In each circuit of below figure, identify the series and parallel relationships of the resistors viewed from the source.

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4. For each circuit in below figure, identify the series and parallel relationships of the resistors viewed from the source.

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5. A certain circuit is composed of two parallel resistors. The total resistance is 667. One of the resistors is 1.0k. What is the other resistor? 6. Determine the resistance between A and B in below figure with the source removed.

7. Determine the voltage at each node with respect to ground in below figure.

8. Determine the voltage, VAB in below figure.

9. Find the value of R2 in below figure. Determine the power in R2.

10. Find the resistance between node A and each of the other nodes (RAB, RAC, RAD, RAE, RAF, and RAG) in below figure.

11. Find the resistance between each of the following sets of nodes in below figure. AB, BC and CD.

12. Determine the value of each resistor in below figure.

13. A voltage divider consists of two 56 k resistors and a 15 V source. Calculate the unloaded output voltage. What will the output voltage be if a load resistor of 1.0M is connected to the output? 14. A 12 V battery output is divided down to obtain two output voltages. Three 3.3k resistors are used to provide the two taps. Determine the output voltages. If a 10k load is connected to the higher of the two outputs, what will its loaded value be? 15. In below figure, determine the circuit current with a 10k load connected between A and B.

16. Determine the resistance values for a voltage divider that must meet the following specifications: The current drawn from the source under unloaded condition is not to exceed 5mA. The source voltage is to be 10 V, and the required outputs are to be 5 V and 2.5 V. Sketch the circuit. Determine the effect on the output voltages if a 1.0 k load is connected to each tap one at a time.

17. The voltage divider in below figure has a switched load. Determine the voltage at each tap (V1, V2 and V3) for each position of the switch.

18. Design a voltage divider to provide a 6 V output with no load and a minimum of 5.5 V across a 1.0 k load. The source voltage is 24 V, and the unloaded current drain is not to exceed 100mA. 19. Determine the internal resistance of a 20,000/V voltmeter on each of the following range settings: (a) 0.5 V (b) 1 V (c) 5 V (d) 50 V (e) 100 V (f) 1000 V 20. The voltmeter described in Problem 19 is used to measure the voltage across R4 in below figure. (a) What range should be used? (b) How much less is the voltage measured by the meter than the actual voltage?

21. For the circuit shown in below figure, calculate the following: (a) Total resistance across the source (b) Total current from the source (c) Current through the 910 resistor (d) Voltage from A to point B

22. Determine the total resistance and the voltage at nodes A, B, and C in the ladder network of below figure.

23. Determine the total resistance between terminals A and B of the ladder network in below figure. Also calculate the current in each branch with 10V between A and B.

24. Find IT and VOUT in below figure.

25. A resistor of unknown value is connected to a Wheatstone bridge circuit. The bridge parameters for a balanced condition are set as follows: RV = 18k and R2/R4 = 0.02. What is RX?